Image Map
Showing posts with label Callie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Callie. Show all posts

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Craziness!


It seems that the name of this blog was very appropriate. According to Webster's, hullaballoo means: great noise or excitement; uproar. Well, that is where we are this week. You know that saying, "Take your crazy somewhere else, we have enough of our own"? We definitely have enough crazy around our house this week to last me a long time. I knew getting a puppy was going to rock our world, but I didn't know that it would be a 10 on the Richter scale!

Callie is super sweet, and doing well. She sleeps through the night in her crate already, and is being housetrained. I can't even get frustrated with her because she is just too cute. We are going to start obedience classes in May, so that will help with my sanity I think. Aubrey just can't get enough of her and won't go to sleep for naps or nighttime without kissing and hugging her. He loves to take her outside and give her treats too. I think Callie will be Aubrey's lifelong friend.

In other news, Mallory is waving hello and goodbye, jabbering like crazy and dropping things over and over just to get us to pick them up (which we do). She is teething, and right now is holding the phone up to her ear. I don't know where she gets that from. Tomorrow I have my last MOPS (Mothers of Pre-Schoolers) meeting for the year. I am sad because I have loved it this year, but excited because next year I am going to be the Creative Activities leader. MOPS has been such a great thing for me this year. D. is getting really busy at work, but that is a good thing I keep reminding myself! Tomorrow Aubrey is going on a field trip to the recycling center. So, in a nutshell, it's crazy around here!

Just pray for me and our family, that our bathrooms will get cleaned again, and we will eat homemade food sometime soon.

Monday, April 21, 2008

Our new addition!



I would like to introduce you to the new addition to our family, Callie! She is an English Springer Spaniel puppy. We got her last night. We have been contemplating getting a dog for about 2 years now, and finally took the plunge. She is the sweetest little thing. She was such a good rider in the car on the way home, no crying at all. She just snuggled into D. and rested. Aubrey is over the moon about her. He didn't want to go to bed last night. And Mallory just giggles at her.

We bought her from a family who lived on a good bit of acreage and had other animals, so Aubrey had a blast because he got to pet a horse and a cat while we were there. I think he was just as excited about petting the horse as he was about getting a puppy. We named her Callie because we were trying to pick a girl name and the first road we turned on after leaving her previous home was called Callie Still. D. said, "What about Callie?" We all liked it and it just kind of stuck. Aubrey is still asking, "What is her name again?" I think he takes after his daddy in the name remembrance category!

She slept really well last night and just loves to be held and petted. So, please come over and meet our new bundle of love!